Quartile rating: 6.5/10 · 1 rating
A lawyer who is a drug addict fights a medical-supplies corporation in court while battling his personal demons.
Puncture is a solid but unremarkable legal drama based on a true story about a safety needle inventor whose case was suppressed by medical supply monopolies. Chris Evans gives a committed performance as the drug-addicted lawyer Mike Weiss, and the film handles its subject matter with sincerity. However, the narrative follows a fairly conventional courtroom-drama template, and the cinematography is workmanlike at best. The story's true-life origins give it some weight, but the film doesn't bring a distinctive visual or stylistic voice to the material. The ending is appropriately somber given the real events, lending it some emotional gravity without feeling manipulative.